Bivalent vaccines are also known as “updated” booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the FDA ensures that approval is given, due to variations in the virus that causes the disease; It changes over time and therefore protection should be maintained with a booster dose.
The Minister of Health (MINSA) has clarified that these bivalent vaccines will only be applied to people who have at least two or three doses of the covid-19 vaccine, in order to obtain at least one year’s protection against variants of the virus.
Bivalent vaccines: protection against variants
The Minsa assures that the bivalent vaccine has better protection against the variants of COVID that are circulating, including the original and omicron BA.4/BA.5, XBB, BQ1, BQ1.1.
While the US public health authority said that the effect of the mixed or bivalent vaccine in people was similar to the main vaccines against Covid-19 and they say that people who were injected with the said dose generated a more strong, stronger than first generation vaccines.
Bivalent vaccine: to whom will it be applied?
The booster dose with the bivalent vaccine in Panama will be applied to the people over the age of 12 This was reported by the body responsible for health at the national level; the institution makes it clear the individual must have two doses of the monovalent vaccine, wait two weeks, and then be given a single dose of this new vaccine.
